00888080 UNCLASSIFIED 2448258 01-01-1991 2448438 06-30-1991

WING/1550/COMBAT CREW TRAINING

HISTORY K-WG-1550-HI V.1 VOL I OF III 26987 6 269 37 2448968 12-11-1992 COL GARY C. VYCITAL REPLACED COL CHARLES R. HOLLAND AS COMMANDER OF 1550 COMBAT CREW TRAINING WING (1550 CCTW) EFFECTIVE 7 JUN 91. ONE SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE OCCURRED WHEN 1550 CCTW TRAINING MANAGEMENT CENTER MERGED WITH BASE COMMAND POST AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE NM. 1550 CCTW HAD NINE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO IT BETWEEN JAN AND JUN 91, EXCEPT FOR UH-60A AIRCRAFT WHICH WERE NO LONGER ASSIGNED AFTER 14 JAN 91. 1550 CCTW TRAINING SYSTEMS SUPPORT CENTER WAS SET UP IN PART TO HOUSE NEW SELF/TAUGHT MATERIALS, INCLUDING PART TASK TRAINER. TH-53A FLIGHT SIMULATOR WAS UPGRADED. STUDENT FLIGHT ENGINEERS WERE USED ON CERTAIN TRAINING MISSIONS BECAUSE OF INCREASED H-60 STUDENT LOAD AND SHORTAGE OF FLIGHT ENGINEERS. WORK ON NEW MH-60G GUNNERY COURSE WAS COMPLETED. INSTRUCTION WAS BEGUN ON HOT/REFUELING OF MH-60G AIRCRAFT, AND FIRST ACTUAL HOT REFUELING OF MH-60G TOOK PLACE ON 14 JUN 91. 1550 CCTW STARTED TEACHING TWO NEW HC-130 COURSES. PERSONNEL CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD WHICH BECAME OPERATION DESERT STORM ON 16 JAN 91. 1550 CCTW PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR DESERT STORM, SUCH AS: MANNING FLIGHT LINE CHECKPOINTS, SENDING AIRCREWS TO MIDDLE EAST, SENDING MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO DIFFERENT BASES FOR PERSIAN GULF WAR, AND DEPLOYING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST FOR DESERT STORM. CREW MEMBERS FROM WING HAD SEVEN SAVES DURING PERSIAN GULF WAR AND LOCATED WRECKAGE OF AC-130 AIRCRAFT DOWNED BY IRAQI FORCES ON 31 JAN 91. WING ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT IN TURKEY DURING APR 91. FIRST OF WING HC-130 AIRCRAFT TO HAVE UNIVERSAL AIR REFUELING RECEPTACLE SLIPWAY INSTALLED WAS MODIFIED AS OF 14 JUN 91. WING BEGAN TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT TRAINING OF FIRST/LINE SUPERVISORS. PART OF COLLECTION FROM DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM OPERATIONS. INCLUDES DATA TABLES, CHARTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF PERSONNEL, AIRCRAFT, AND FACILITIES.